"From Top to Bottom" - November 20, 2020

A place to discuss the weekly Wall Street Journal Crossword Puzzle Contest, starting every Thursday around 4:00 p.m. Eastern time. Please do not post any answers or hints before the contest deadline which is midnight Sunday Eastern time.
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Happy Thanksgiving to All!
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Our live autumn mantel display
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Muggles, muggles, everywhere
All want the mug, but fair and square
Some take nudges but don't submit
Others guess and hope to hit
Upon the lucky guess to win
The mug that makes its owner grin.
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BethA wrote: Tue Nov 24, 2020 1:22 pm Happy Thanksgiving to All!

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Our live autumn mantel display
Reminds me of The News from Lake Woebegone and the Bertha's Kitty Boutique commercials, where you could get "Accent Cats" to go with your home decor! :)
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OK, my turn to steal from the web, but this totally cracked me up and I know I won't post it Thursday:
Thanksgiving Cartoon.jpg
NUDGES!I am always willing to give nudges where needed; metas should be about fun, not frustration. Send me what you have done so far because often you are closer than you think!
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Here's the link to the Washington Post puzzle I was raving about. Not quite a meta, but still different and fun.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/crosswor ... -birnholz/

It's called Dark Secrets. You have to sit through a short ad to get to it, but totally worth it.
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Gman wrote: Tue Nov 24, 2020 2:58 pm Muggles, muggles, everywhere
All want the mug, but fair and square
Some take nudges but don't submit
Others guess and hope to hit
Upon the lucky guess to win
The mug that makes its owner grin.
Some people would call me a lug
Cause I try every week for a mug
But though I don’t score
I shall not abhor
Long as I get a Muggle Zoom hug ♥♥♥
NUDGES!I am always willing to give nudges where needed; metas should be about fun, not frustration. Send me what you have done so far because often you are closer than you think!
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BethA wrote: Tue Nov 24, 2020 1:22 pm Happy Thanksgiving to All!

949B11F3-C8F4-4ED5-9782-5364987B3B7B.jpeg
Our live autumn mantel display
How well behaved, were this my cat(s) none of those pumpkins, or anything else for that matter, would be on the mantel. Beautiful cat!
NUDGES!I am always willing to give nudges where needed; metas should be about fun, not frustration. Send me what you have done so far because often you are closer than you think!
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Somebody forgot to wake the intern who pulled holiday duty.
Whole blood, platelets, or plasma: Donate 4 in 2024

PLATELET 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗮𝗿𝗲.
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝘀 ENORMOUS 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲:
𝟰𝟬% 𝗽𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰,
𝟯𝟬% 𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰,
𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿 & 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘂𝗺𝗮. 𝗣𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗘 𝗦𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗘!
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Joe Ross wrote: Thu Nov 26, 2020 4:04 pm Somebody forgot to wake the intern who pulled holiday duty.
You and I are pathetic, Joe. Truly pathetic.
Good luck, fellow Muggles!
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I'm just going to go ahead and submit GOBBLE.
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I’m right with you refreshing and refreshing

Happy Thanksgiving !!!
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Where is it? Where is it? Where is it?
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C'mon, puzzle! Cowboys are on in 20 minutes!
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urgh
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The window for me opening the topic has closed - dinner is being served
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Bob cruise director wrote: Thu Nov 26, 2020 4:09 pm The window for me opening the topic has closed - dinner is being served
I already had dinners delivered by an ex-wife and a sister-in-law. Still have one ex-wife to go...
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And for this I excused myself from a chaotic, feedback-laden family Zoom call?!
Good luck, fellow Muggles!
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Last edited by Joe Ross on Thu Nov 26, 2020 4:19 pm, edited 2 times in total.
Whole blood, platelets, or plasma: Donate 4 in 2024

PLATELET 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗮𝗿𝗲.
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝘀 ENORMOUS 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲:
𝟰𝟬% 𝗽𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗰,
𝟯𝟬% 𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵, 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰,
𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿 & 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘂𝗺𝗮. 𝗣𝗟𝗘𝗔𝗦𝗘 𝗦𝗛𝗔𝗥𝗘!
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My husband and mother-in-law are grabbing a post-dinner nap. Perfect time for me to work on the puzzle. But.....no puzzle!
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Last Tgiving BrianMac posted to start the thread an hour later than usual (2:02 Pacific time it says for me).
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